Authors in Chelsea6 years, 18 Authors, Thousands of Readers

A celebration of nationally known, award-winning authors

A series of writing workshops held at Chelsea schools

An evening Meet the Authors event, now at the WSEC

An opportunity to explore the art and craft of writing

A chance to encourage students to read and appreciate literature

Authors in Chelsea is…

2010Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen, Kate Klise,

& Paul O. Zelinsky

Authors Visit 2nd, 4th, 5th Grade Students at North Creek, Pierce Lake & South Meadows

Evening Program with Signing

CEF Grant

Received in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, & 2015

Provides resources for purchasing books for participating classrooms

2011Gail Carson Levine, Jerzy Drozd & Johanna Hurwitz

Program changes to include Beach Middle School 6th graders

2012John Nickle, Tony Abbott, & Jim Ottaviani

Additional Programming

Secrets of Droon Party

The Ant Bully Movie & Altered Book Craft

Astronaut Tony England visits the library with Jim Ottaviani to discuss space exploration

2013Dori Hillestad Butler, Tim Smith &

Kenneth Oppel

340 Books in 20 Classrooms and 3 media centers

Complete Classroom Sets of Silverwing for 6th Graders

Important Messages for Young Writers

NEW Websitehttp://aic.chelseadistrictlibrary.org/

MCACA Grant

Classroom Books Author Fees Website Development

2014Jennifer L. Holm, Sue Stauffacher, &

David Lubar

Website Updates

Worthington Foundation Grant

$12,500 Authors' Fees Classroom Book Sets Curriculum

Development "Get Ready" Events Expansion to more

grades Over 850 students!

Authors visit North Creek, South Meadows, and Beach over two days

“Lunch with the Author” for 2nd grade North Creek students with Sue Stauffacher

“Lunch with the Author” for 4th and 5th grade South Meadows students with David Lubar

Writing Workshops with Jennifer L. Holm for Beach Students

Authors in Chelsea Becomes a 2 Day Event

First Annual Fun Fair!

Beach Party for Turtle In Paradise by Jennifer Holm

David Lubar’s Monster Campout

Backyard Critters with Eddy Discovery Center’s Katie McGlashen, celebrating the Animal Rescue Team series

2015Nancy Shaw, Johnathan Rand,

and Gary Schmidt

3rd grade students participate for the first time

More than 1,000 students impacted by Authors in Chelsea in 2015

The evening Meet the Authors event moves to Room 100 at the Washington Street Education Center to accommodate even more community members

Authors in Chelsea Expands Again!

For the first time, all 3 authors hail from Michigan!

All Michigan Authors

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